RGD Reference Report - Immunohistochemical distribution of extracellular matrix components and keratin in experimentally induced otitis media. - Rat Genome Database

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Immunohistochemical distribution of extracellular matrix components and keratin in experimentally induced otitis media.

Authors: Harada, T  Juhn, SK  Kim, Y  Sakakura, Y 
Citation: Harada T, etal., Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1999 Aug;108(8):769-76.
RGD ID: 11556224
Pubmed: PMID:10453785   (View Abstract at PubMed)

The distribution of collagen types I, III, and IV and of laminin, fibronectin, and keratin was studied in otitis media experimentally induced by Streptococcus pneumoniae in the chinchilla. The expression of interstitial collagen types I and III and of fibronectin was increased in the subepithelial space that was thickened by inflammation in the acute period of infection. The expression of collagen type IV in the subepithelial space could be seen in the early period. The epithelial cells in the middle ear changed from flat cuboidal to pseudostratified columnar in pneumococcus-inoculated ears, and the number of keratin-positive epithelial cells in the middle ear increased remarkably after infection. These results indicate that changes in epithelial cell differentiation effected by the extracellular matrix correlate with changes in expression of keratin. It is proposed that the extracellular matrix may contribute to tissue repair in the middle ear after bacterial infection by interfering with cell proliferation of epithelial cells and fibroblasts.

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Objects Annotated

Genes (Homo sapiens)
COL3A1  (collagen type III alpha 1 chain)
FN1  (fibronectin 1)

Genes (Chinchilla lanigera)
Col3a1  (collagen type III alpha 1 chain)
Fn1  (fibronectin 1)


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